P…WE…I! Back in the day, West Midlands scamps Pop Will Eat Itself were a scrappy grebo band. Grebo was a term for scruffy, rough around the edges indie bands and was ubiquitous for about ten minutes in the mid -eighties. It obviously didn’t take off like grunge or Britpop, though.
Then, after zero success, but for the indie charts, Pop Will Eat Itself, headed up by (now award-winning composer) Clint Mansell, found samplers and went hog-wild on them. This is but one example, and I still like it. I’ve been getting so nostalgic this year. I think it is because the world is a mess and this music is like ambrosia for the soul. Whatever. I dig it. So many cultural references here.
Hit The North 
It was a fun period for music. I miss some of that energy.
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There’s still some of that I think in Kneecap, Lambrini Girls and Ezra Furman. I wish I could get out to gigs. Missing them !
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I’ll have to give those a gander. I’ve been largely unimpressed by post-2000 music, so I’m always interested in the possibility of discovering something I like that breaks that general rule.
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